Windows CE, on the other hand, is targeted at the hand-held and embedded-systems market.
They are using the unique advancements of the AMD Embedded G-Series APU to develop a brand new generation of highly differentiated, energy-efficient, small form-factor embedded systems that can deliver the vivid visual experience expected in our always-connected world.
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Microsoft has a long history of delivering platforms and services to the automotive market, including in-car infotainment systems built on the Windows Embedded Automotive platform, in-car mapping services with Bing and the Microsoft Tellme voice application, and many other consumer solutions.
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The embedded-systems industry internet site, www.embedded.com, lists more than 30 commercially available embedded operating systems.
Embedded systems, such as the proposed Venus box, are self-contained, which again means consumers do not require third-party software.
It also helps Intel push its chips into smaller, battery powered devices and embedded systems, as Intel begins challenging companies manufacturing chips based on power-efficient ARM designs.
The non-embedded computing world has put years of effort into partitioning systems between computing that happens at the client and computing that happens at the server.
Is Sun working on a slimmed-down version of the Java Virtual Machine for use in embedded systems?
Bunell led the audience through a mind-boggling array of slides illustrating numerous techniques for improving availability in embedded systems independent of hardware redundancy.
With Windows Embedded 8, enterprises can harness Windows 8 technologies with additional features to support industry devices within intelligent systems - including rich, natural experiences that provide customers and employees with access to the information they are looking for while ensuring the consistency and predictability businesses require.
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Think along the lines of a special forces unit going deep into enemy territory with embedded geeks in the team, to dig up fibre-optic cable to be able to reach the systems that were supposed to be unreachable.
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In general, the signature-based security products used to defend enterprise networks, such as firewalls, anti-virus products and intrusion detection systems are increasingly blind to modern attack methods, which are increasingly embedded into application data or designed to self-mutate in order to evade detection.
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The form-fitting shirts, marketed under the trademark name Evidence Based Apparel, are embedded with elastic bands and were designed using a combination of biomechanical technology, neurological research and advanced body-imaging systems.
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